Palace to DA: Rush sugar importation
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed the Department of Agriculture (DA), which he also heads as secretary, to speed up ...
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Senate grills officials linked to sugar importation mess, ES explains side
Senators on Tuesday grilled resigned Agriculture undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian about the unauthorized order to import 300,000 metric tons of sugar, ...
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Illegal sugar importation
"There was a call for a probe and whoever was accountable and responsible for that ‘illegal’ importation should be made ...
Read morePalace clears ES in sugar mess
Says Rodriguez merely called for draft plan, not for actual importation Malacañang on Saturday defended Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez after ...
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Sweet mess
A vendor repacks sugar in his stall at the Quinta Market in Quiapo, Manila, apparently unaware of the ongoing investigation ...
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SRA: Mandated import of sugar in 2022 is above board
The Sugar Regulatory Administration said Tuesday the mandated importation of sugar in 2022 was above board and the reported high ...
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Food firms want open sugar trade
Food producers and manufacturers asked the government to address the high cost of domestic sugar by deregulating the industry and ...
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